Amid the ruckus over OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google execs have made it clear they are in no hurry to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.

ChatGPT is one of OpenAI’s most well-known innovations and has gained widespread recognition. According to , Google employees expressed concerns about ChatGPT, especially given Microsoft’s backing of OpenAI. Given Google’s background in AI, employees were concerned the company could be falling behind.

“Is this a missed opportunity for 🌠Google, considering we’ve had Lamda for a while?” read one top-rat൩ed question at a company all-hands meeting.

In response to, CEO Sundar Pichai and Google AI head Jeff Dean emphasized that Google already has similar capabilities as OpenA🍷💖I and ChatGPT, but that the company needed to be extra careful since so many people rely on Google for quality answers.

“This really strikes a need that people seem to have but it’s also important to realize these model♊s have certain type of issues,” Dean said

Interestingly, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seemed to endorse Google’s caution, admitting ChatGPT was not production-ready.